09-17-2015, 10:52 AM
Here's some info about Ahmed's dad.
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The arrest of Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year-old Texas boy arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school, is one vivid example of overt Islamophobia in America.
That's a sentiment that Mohamed's own family has tried to fight against. His father, Mohamed ElHassan Mohamed, is a fascinating figure in his own right. He's a Sudanese immigrant who has twice declared himself a presidential candidate in Sudan.
When Florida pastor Terry Jones put the Quran on trial and later burned it in 2012, Mohamed was the Muslim holy book's defense attorney.
Formerly a customs worker at the Khartoum International Airport, Mohamed moved to the US from Sudan in the 1980s and started out selling candy, hot dogs, and newspapers in New York, according to a profile in the North Dallas Gazette in February. He later moved to Dallas, where he delivered pizza, drove taxis, and eventually started a cab company, Jet Taxi.
In 2010, he ran for president in Sudan for the National Reform Party and created a campaign website. The Sudan Tribune, based in Paris, ran a story on his liberal platform. In it, he promised that he would get US sanctions against Sudan lifted within 100 days of being elected. http://www.sudantribune.comspip.php?article54000
Full piece: http://www.vox.com/2015/9/16/9339063/ahm...d-elhassan
The arrest of Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year-old Texas boy arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school, is one vivid example of overt Islamophobia in America.
That's a sentiment that Mohamed's own family has tried to fight against. His father, Mohamed ElHassan Mohamed, is a fascinating figure in his own right. He's a Sudanese immigrant who has twice declared himself a presidential candidate in Sudan.
When Florida pastor Terry Jones put the Quran on trial and later burned it in 2012, Mohamed was the Muslim holy book's defense attorney.
Formerly a customs worker at the Khartoum International Airport, Mohamed moved to the US from Sudan in the 1980s and started out selling candy, hot dogs, and newspapers in New York, according to a profile in the North Dallas Gazette in February. He later moved to Dallas, where he delivered pizza, drove taxis, and eventually started a cab company, Jet Taxi.
In 2010, he ran for president in Sudan for the National Reform Party and created a campaign website. The Sudan Tribune, based in Paris, ran a story on his liberal platform. In it, he promised that he would get US sanctions against Sudan lifted within 100 days of being elected. http://www.sudantribune.comspip.php?article54000
Full piece: http://www.vox.com/2015/9/16/9339063/ahm...d-elhassan